5 Considerations for Selecting an IaaS Provider in 2014

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) presents significant cost and operational benefits to IT pros, and as a model, it’s taking off rapidly. Nearly 200,000 Google searches are conducted each month on IaaS-related topics. And globally, the IaaS market is expected to grow at a compound annual rate of about 30 percent between now and 2016. In other words, it’s here to stay, and becoming more common every day. Organizations everywhere are preparing for a move to the cloud, and they’re looking for IaaS providers that can help make sure they’re ready for the switch. But that doesn’t mean an as-a-service utopia is approaching. There are real concerns around IaaS, especially when it comes to entrusting a provider with your organization’s most critical data and services.